Rebecca Vanderheide

RN; Bach Health Science (Nursing); Master of Nursing; Master of Bioethics (Monash); Graduate Cert in Higher Ed; Cardio-Thoracic Cert

Lecturer

Phone: + 61 3 9905 5372     Fax: +61 3 9905 4837    Email: Rebecca.Vanderheide@med.monash.edu.au

Biography

Rebecca has an extensive clinical background in critical care nursing.  Over the last 12 years she has been working in various nursing education roles both institutional and tertiary, and as a consultant in the private sector. In March 2009 Rebecca joined Monash University as a Lecturer after 8 years with the University of Canberra teaching in the  undergraduate program and convening the Graduate Diploma of Critical Care Nursing.  Rebecca has established a number of Dedicated Education Units (DEU's) as part of the UC DEU project.

Professional Affiliations

Current Faculty and University Representation:

Member of the newly established School of Nursing and Midwifery Acute Care Research Group
Previous Faculty and University Representation:

At the University of Canberra - Faculty of Health Teaching and Learning Committee; Work Integrated Learning Committee; Women's Professional Development Committee; Academic Board and the VCAC Student Experience Committee

Rebecca was a member of the Nurse and Midwifery Board of the ACT for 2 terms of office and during that time managed the complaints process and under new legislation established and chaired the Board's Professional Standards Committee.

Rebecca is currently a professional member for disciplinary hearings of the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT).

Rebecca is involved in the ARC funded Inter-professional Learning (IPL) project in the ACT and is a member of the executive management group.

Rebecca has previously been the Chair of the Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) ACT chapter and the education portfolio committee member of the NSW/ACT branch of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN).

Research

Areas of interest

• Ethical practice;
• inter-professional learning and practice;
• critical care practice; and,
• undergraduate work integrated learning.

Rebecca is a PhD candidate researching in the area of inter-professional undergraduate work integrated learning.

Publications

Recent Publications (2004 - current):

Vanderheide, R., & Walkington, J. (2008). Maximised Learning through Integrated Assessment: Evidenced through Nursing Practice. Nurse Education in Practice.Epub.

Walkington, J., & Vanderheide, R.. (2008). Enhancing the pivotal roles in workplace learning and community engagement through transdisciplinary 'cross talking'. Research and Development in Higher Education 31, 361-370.

Walkington, J., Vanderheide, R., & Hughes, R. (2008). Empowering University Women through a Group Mentoring Relationship. The International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching, 1(1): 83-93.

Braithwaite, J., Westbrook. J., Foxwell, R., Boyce. R., Devinney, T., Budge, M., Murphy, K., Ryall, M., Beutel, J., Vanderheide, R., Renton, E., Travaglia, J., Stone, J., Barnard, A., Greenfield, D., Corbett, A., Nugus, P. & Clay-Williams, R. (2007). An action research protocol to strengthen system-wide inter-professional learning and practice. BMC Health Services Research, 7: 144.

Conference Presentations

Walkington, J. & Vanderheide, R. Transdisciplinary 'cross talking': pivotal roles in workplace learning and community engagement. Refereed Paper for Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), 1-4 July 2008, Rotorua.

Vanderheide, R., Gibson, J. & McClelland Gray, P. Enabled observation: Enhancing undergraduate nursing students' empathic understanding using the visual arts. Presented at Australia and New Zealand Assocation of Medical Education (ANZAME) conference September 2007, Canberra.

Gibson, J., Vanderheide, R. & McClelland Gray, P. Enabled observation: Enhancing interdisciplinary health students' empathic understanding using the visual arts. Preconference workshop ANZAME September 2007, Canberra.

Gibson, J. & Vanderheide, R. Enabled observation: Enhancing undergraduate nursing students' observation skills using the visual arts. Presented at the Enhancing Practice 6 conference 18-20 October 2006, Edinburgh.

Vanderheide, R. Inter-professional Learning: an ACT Perspective. Invited speaker for Australian Nurse Teachers Society conference September 2006, Canberra.

Rochow, J. & Vanderheide, R. The Development and Implementation of a Proning Protocol for an Australian ICU. Presentation of paper at the European Confederation of Critical Care Nurses in November 2005, Amsterdam.

Vanderheide, R. Working Together: Dedicated Education Units. Paper presented at the ARCHI conference February 2005, Sydney.

Vanderheide, R. Working Together: University and Industry Collaboration. Paper presented at the RCNA National conference July 2004, Alice Springs.